Hurricane Gustav: New Orleans Mandatory Evacuation

Looks like New Orleans in in for another disaster…and the mayor has issued a mandatory evacuation – everyone has to get out today because there may be storm surges of 15-20 feet and flooding reaching parts of outer lying cities of up to 4 feet.  Which means Mandeville (where Bobby’s brother, mother, and grandmother live) will be in danger.  During Hurricane Katrina, Mandeville didn’t have flooding like St. Bernard…but Gustav is reported to be  worse especially considering all of the coastal erosion 3 years ago.

Lenny, Susie and Dottie all left yesterday for southern Mississippi and I’m hoping this is far enough away to be safe.  We are watching the Weather Channel non-stop right now just trying to see what will happen next.  Very scary.  :(

I’ll be updating every so often.  Maybe we’ll see the Argeantons in Chicago soon.

New Shoes, Zappos, MBT, Cellulite

So I got some new shoes in the mail yesterday (this is the most amazing part about the situation – my order from Zappos.com was expidited at no cost to me to “overnight” status)…I literally ordered the shoes and they were on my doorstep within 24 hours and I didn’t even pay or ask for it.  So big kudos to Zappos.com.  I mean we all hate paying for shipping and especially for shoes which may not fit and we might have to send back (which is the current situation)…always an annoyance, but in this case not at all.  Sweet.

So I ordered these MBT Staka Sandals for one because they are kinda cool and innovative and two because they are supposed to be good for my physical health + strength….they put the weight of my body in the correct position and placement and take stress off of my spine and knees…they are also supposed to burn more calories and as a bonus firm your buttocks. haha! So even though I usually take fashion advice from the Dawes and she told me, “No way these are ugly and look like orthopedic shoes”…I was like you know what I”m gonna go out on a limb here and try them out anyway.  lol.  (But thanks again to the Dawes for always being as honest as possible so that I can weigh my pros and cons. he he.)

Like I said they showed up in literally 24 hours…they really aren’t bulky looking with jeans (you only see the toe part which is pretty sporty looking) and I took a walk to lunch today and seriously felt a difference…its a weird combination of exercise and stability…its almost like you are floating when you walk but also definately using different leg muscles.

Anyway I believe they are a half size too small because the straps and things are all very tight on the top of my foot in a sort of uncomfortable way…so I think I am going to send them back and try one of the other styles to see what I like best.  Especially with free shipping and 365 days to return from Zappos.com. Ding~! I win~!

Got my hair did. lol

Since a lot of you out there don’t see me that often, I thought I’d upload a pic of my new hair cut…got about 3-4 inches cut off…go figure I can never let it grow.  It’s always this venture of mine to grow it out to my shoulders but I never make it because the in between phase becomes ponytail phase which is also big forehead phase …which soon becomes strange bangs phase….so I went down to Mirror Mirror to see my favorite stylist Jessica and got my favorite cut: angled bob and some dark low lights.  I love it. :) Ding~!

(oooh and here is an added bonus you get to see my sweet office space at Orbit Media Studios).

Friday Night at Home…

:)  Just wanted to say hello tonight – I’m having a really nice night.  Listening to John Mayor live (thank you kurty), drinking a glass of merlot, making garlic mashed potatoes, steamed broccoli and fillet minion (seasoned with chopped onion and garlic).  Bobby just came inside from fabricating a metal frame for a digital sign in the backyard.  It smells so damn good in here and I still have 10 minutes on the fillets.  Just smelling all the good smells and smiling.  Wanted to say hi. Hope everybody has a nice night.

Oh, and for those of you who don’t know Justin Winget has a blog.  It is here: http://www.justinwinget.com

Digital Printing on Canvas….YAY

So I’m really excited because I just set up a time next week to go meet with Digital Hub Chicago – a print company that does large format digital printing on canvas. They are very eco-friendly which makes me happy as well.  My awesome new friend and co-worker Nick Haas brought in one of his printed art pieces (which by the way are awesome and kick ass and all that good stuff) and I am totally sold on trying out the print on canvas thing.  It looks amazing and plus I’m thinking I can maybe print some really large pieces to get an idea how they might look for the upcoming art show we are planning.

I finally met Nate Winter (the super cool and talented writer friend of Nick) last night who will also be in the art show.  I’m sure if he saw this blog he’d be a little disturbed by my terrible writing and grammer. lol.  I have yet to meet Kurt Kreissl – another amazingly talented artist that I am excited to be exhibiting with – I and totally flattered they even asked me.  So that’s my brief update…I’m out!

Russell High School 10 Year Reunion – OMG I’m old! lol

Here’s a 1/3 of the panoramic pic from senior year of high school.  Wow!  I am getting old!  …that was 1998. (Go Devils!)

It might be hard to pick me out of this photo…for one I look angry as hell and two – I have way long hair and its all in my face.  So funny!  Anyway I decided I’m going – and I’m a little nervous to see everyone but at the same time really excited.  There are a lot of people I really want to see and I assume it’ll be a kick ass party with lots of drinking and catching up with people – sounds good to me.  I had to share the photo because its crazy! ha! (Thank goodness I’m not in the front row because you might have seen my cut off jean shorts.)  My sister is standing right next to me in it too!  …just got a voice mail from her saying she’s going to the reunion too. Woo hoo!

We will be driving down to Russell, KY and back in one weekend – it’s gonna be one hell of a trip.  8 hours on Saturday, 8 hours back on Sunday – hopefully Sunday we aren’t too hungover to drive. ;) Probably will be. he he.

Alright shit it’s 1:30AM and I have clients in the office all day tomorrow – what am I doing awake??!  g’night.

Had a dream last night…

…that I was flying around with a jet pack on.  It was crazy – I was going so fast I could feel my face being pushed back by the wind. haha.  Don’t know why, but I thought I’d share that with ya.

As you’ve probably noticed, I’ve been pretty busy lately…work mostly – I had my one-year anniversary at Orbit last week so I was preparing for my review as well as working on some really cool new projects. Wish I could post them but the clients haven’t seen them or approved them yet, so that wouldn’t be fair or legal. lol.  Maybe once we get to “site launch” I can post those designs up and show you.  I keep meaning to put up a portfolio page since I have been a part of 80+ website projects in the past year.  I promise I’m going to make that a reality very soon.

Some exciting news – a co-worker Nick Haas asked me if I’d like to be part of a group art show – so that is currently in the works.  I’m really flattered actually that he even asked me.  He does photography and digital art as well as designing and art direction at Orbit.  Very cool guy and talented artist…really glad he came aboard recently.  Check out his site here.

I’m gonna go watch the rest of my movie! Peace.